QS $21-8($Algo$)$ Direct materials price and quantity variances LO P$3$

A company reports the following for one of its products.

Direct materials standard $(3$ pounds a $$3$ per pound$)$

Actual direct materials used $($AQ$)$

Actual units produced

$$9$ per unit

$250,000$ pounds

$60,000$ units

$$687,500$

Actual cost of direct materials used

$AQ=$ Actual Quantity

$SQ=$ Standard Quantity

$AP=$ Actual Price

$SP=$ Standard Price

Compute the direct materials price and quantity variances and identify each as favorable or unfavorable.